Situation deteriorates further in battered, starving Haiti
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2021-08-21 00:30
Situation deteriorates further in battered, starving Haiti
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo | Reuters MARCELINE, Haiti – Haitians desperate for food looted a humanitarian convoy on Friday and fought over donations as anger built over the slow pace of aid deliveries almost a week after a devastating earthquake killed more than 2,000 people. Damaged or impassable roads have hindered efforts to deliver aid to remote parts in the south of the impoverished Caribbean nation, which were hardest-hit by last Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake. With hundreds still missing, hopes are fading of finding anyone still alive.

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